FCC Set to Propose Easing of Children’s Television Rules

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New Rules have been voted in.

The 7am-10pm harbor rule has been changed now stations can air E/I programming between 6am-10pm
Stations are allowed to move E/I programming up to 13 hours per quarter to their sub channels (.2 .3 etc) . Otherwise not a real wide scale change , that would take more congress' doing and other work. https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-358404A1.pdf

Edit: Found out more details: Stations can now preempt an E/I program and not have to make it up later for a local news breaking situation. Still not sure about sports but maybe that is the part where they can bump programs to a sub channel.

Non Commercial stations like PBS members no longer have to air the E/i bug during their E/i programs

FCC Gives Broadcasters More KidVid Flexibility

A politically divided FCC voted Wednesday (July 10) to give broadcasters more flexibility in providing educational/informational (E/I) programming for children, changes Democrats said dis-serve kids.

www.broadcastingcable.com

Oh brother!